Equipment and Processing Report-06-21-2017

The need for flexibility and higher quality are driving advances in parenteral manufacturing and fill/finish equipment.

Robotic fill/finish systems reduce human intervention, improve flexibility, and allow more gentle handling of containers.

igital tracking of overall equipment effectiveness can improve efficiency.

At an industry seminar hosted by Leistritz Extrusion, experts explained the use of extrusion equipment to mix polymeric excipients with APIs for solubility enhancement and for multifunctional and specialty dosage forms, including implants.